Guoco Group Limited (0053.HK) Stock

About Guoco Group Limited

Guoco Group Limited, an investment holding company, engages in the principal investment, property development and investment, hospitality and leisure, and financial service businesses. The company offers debt, equity, and direct investments; treasury operations; and investment advisory and management services with trading and strategic investments in global capital markets. It also develops residential and commercial properties; holds properties for rental; owns, leases, or manages hotels under the Clermont and Thistle brands; operates gaming and leisure businesses; and holds casino and other gaming licences, and concession. In addition, the company provides commercial, consumer, Islamic, and investment banking services; and life and general insurance, Takaful insurance, fund management and unit trust, corporate advisory, and stock broking services. Further, it offers royalty entitlement of Bass Strait's oil and gas production; manufactures, markets, and distributes health products; operates car parks and oil palm estate; owns hotel assets; develops and maintains online gaming software; distributes limited risks; processes credit transfers; provides general management, property management and maintenance, marketing, consultancy, and training services, as well as support services for interactive gaming; and engages in investment trading, social club, apiculture, and financing and securities investment activities. It operates in Hong Kong, Mainland China, the United Kingdom, Continental Europe, Singapore, Australasia, and internationally. The company was incorporated in 1990 and is based in Central, Hong Kong. Guoco Group Limited operates as a subsidiary of Guoline Overseas Limited.

Guoco Group Limited (0053.HK) stock trades at $71.00 with a market capitalization of $23.36B. The stock is valued at a price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of 5.42, price-to-book of 0.33, price-to-sales of 7.80. Over the past 52 weeks the stock has ranged between $66.50 and $80.50, and currently trades 11.8% below its 52-week high. It pays a dividend yielding 5.07%.

On profitability, Guoco Group Limited generates a return on equity (ROE) of 5.09%, an operating margin of 10.24%, a net profit margin of 18.15%.

The balance sheet shows a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.46 — a conservative balance sheet with little leverage risk, a current ratio of 3.10.

0053.HK has an average daily trading volume of 7,496 shares, a beta of 0.24 (less volatile than the overall market), 0.33B shares outstanding.

Official website: www.guoco.com